Camp oven



Patented Oct. 31, 1922. I

EDWIN B. PRETTYMAN, OE PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

CAMP OVEN:

Application filed J'u1y 23, 1921. Serial No. 487,070.

To all whom it may cmwe'm:

Be 1t known that I, Enwriv B. PRETTYMAN, a citizen of the Unlted States, and resident of Porterville, county of Tulare, and State 5 ofcalifornia, have invented a new and useful Camp Oven, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in camp stoves and its particular object is to provide a stove of the character described that is easy to transport, efiicient in its use by allowing two tires to heat it simultaneously and that will at the same time preyent the contents of the stove from getting burnt. A further advantage of the stove is that it need not be partly buried in the ground and that it can be used for baking anything that can be baked in the ordinary kitchin stove.

A practical embodiment of the principles involved in my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1. represents a perspective view of my camp stove in its preferred form, while Figure 2 represents a central vertical crosssection through the stove.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noticed that my stove (1) consists of a main body portion (2) and a lid portion The. whole stove is preferably made of Russian iron which I prefer to cast-iron on account of its superiority in lightness and el asticity.

The body portion (2) is a box-like structure, preferably rectangular, having a raised bottom and a lowered top (6), so that a comparatively small chamber (7) is left be tween the bottom and the top. Underneath the bottom and enclosed by the four sides of the box-like structure. is the fire box (8). while above the top, also enclosed by the four sides of the box-like structure, is a large space (9) constituting the oven proper.

The lid portion (3) is constructed very much along the same lines as the body portion and is provided with the raised bottom (11), the lowered. top (12,. the air chamber (14;) enclosed between them, a space (16) above the top. which in this case is used for a fire box, anda space (17) underneath the bottom, which constitutes a. portion of the oven proper. The lid slightly exceeds the body portion in its lateral dimensions so that the lid can be slipped on the body and seals the space enclosed by body and lid air tightly.

Suitable drop handles (18) are pivotally connected to the body as well as to the lid.

In its use my stove is exceedingly simple. A fire is started on the ground surface or any suitable place and my stove placed on top of the same in such manner, of course, as not to suffocate the fire. Simultaneously a fire is started in the top space of the lid, and in this manner the oven is heated from the top as well as from the bottom the intervening air spaces serving to mitigate the heat and toprevent the burning of the contents of the oven.

I claim:

1. A camp stove comprising abody portion having a raised bottom and a lowered top so as to form an air chamber between the bottom and the top and air spaces above the top and underneath the bottom, and a lid of similar construction adapted to air tightly cover the body portion whereby a central oven is provided having air spaces above it and underneath it and fire bones ad- "oinin the air s aces. a

lid of similar construction adapted to air tightly cover the body portion whereby a central oven is provided having air spaces above it and underneath it and fire boxes "adjoining the air spaces, drop handles being fitted to the lid and to the body portion.

EDWIN B. PRETTYMAN. 

